Morlock 1,245 Posted January 18 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6596841/Woman-finds-mysterious-crater-black-rock-buried-bottom-meteorite.html Odd article about a supposed "meteorwrong". Something sounds fishy. 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wet/dry washer 191 Posted January 18 google- meteorite in his yard on fire. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bedrock Bob 2,810 Posted January 18 It got so hot streaking through the atmosphere that it turned to coal. If you took it back into space and let it fall again it would be a diamond. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,245 Posted January 18 I wonder if it could have been a carbonaceous chondrite instead of coal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted January 18 ...because that's exactly the footprint a material that size leaves falling out of space crash-landing in sand.. Swamp 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Bedrock Bob said: It got so hot streaking through the atmosphere that it turned to coal. If you took it back into space and let it fall again it would be a diamond. Tell the whole story bro.. Only the trailing half will be diamond; the facing half will be coke, possibly edged with charcoal.. Swamp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billpeters 287 Posted January 18 Most of the craters on beaches are caused by objects falling from space. I once found an astronaut in a crater at Santa Monica beach who fell to Earth after his tether broke while doing EVA on the International Space Station . Fortunately, he was alright. Cheers! billpeters 1 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Terry Soloman 740 Posted January 18 Anyone ever fired a large caliber bullet into sand? A meteorite hitting the sand at 200mph would not leave a 3'-4' crater. Would it? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Morlock 1,245 Posted January 18 1 hour ago, Terry Soloman said: Anyone ever fired a large caliber bullet into sand? A meteorite hitting the sand at 200mph would not leave a 3'-4' crater. Would it? Carbonaceous chondrites are much lighter then the other types of meteorites so they wouldn't have as much energy behind them. That crater doesn't look like it's man-made either. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bedrock Bob 2,810 Posted January 18 2 hours ago, Terry Soloman said: Anyone ever fired a large caliber bullet into sand? A meteorite hitting the sand at 200mph would not leave a 3'-4' crater. Would it? Correct. The object would leave no crater at all. Only an imprint in the sand roughly equivalent of a hailstone of that size. A crater is not caused by an impactor. It is caused by the pressure wave in front of it. An object of that size would not leave a crater unless it exploded on impact. We could very well have the first exploding anthracite meteorite here. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
billpeters 287 Posted January 18 (edited) There is no connection to the seven state fireball event seen in New Jersey and this sandpit. That bollide began just south of the State of New Jersey just off the coast of Maryland heading nearly due south and terminated further over the ocean off of the Virginia coast. Finding a worn down sandpit dug the day before above the tide line with somebody's cool rock find in it is hardly worth reporting. See: https://www.amsmeteors.org/members/imo_view/event/2019/31 Of course, if there were an astronaut in it, then it is a different story. billpeters Edited January 19 by billpeters I'm cool 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hardtimehermit 295 Posted January 19 For the best barbecue in the galaxy, one needs to get their hands on some anthracite meteorite. The taste is out of this world No matter what you put on the grill, comes out great every time. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted January 19 ...because when a fast object moving at an angle plows into sandy ground it always stops daid and kicks out a 360 degree sand rim.. Swamp 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
